- BATSMENRB4s6sSR7.3 spliced in the air, taken by the bowler! Rauf does it again. The short ball hurries Philipee into his pull, 144kph, goes straight up just to the on side 54/26.3 comes down the pitch, skews this high in the air, long-on appears to misjudge it for a while but Maddinson makes good ground and holds on 47/112.5 given caught behind! Smith is bewildered. A wrong un outside off, he tries to sweep and plays over it, there's a noise but doesn't appear to be a deflection, Gotch was straight up with the bowler and the umpire gave it out! Smith thinks he missed it but he must go! 98/411.6 caught at short fine! They might check upstairs because Zampa took this well outside the circle having started inside the circle. They are checking with the TV umpire. Soft signal is out. Henriques scooped a slower ball trying to go over short fine, Zampa took the catch 5m back from the circle. They are checking whether Zampa was inside the circle at the point of release. If not it's a no-ball. The TV doesn't have an angle. Zampa was inside as Stoinis was close to delivery but the camera zoomed and he was out of frame at the exact release. There's not enough evidence to overturn. It's out. 94/313.4 Is this stumped down leg! It's sent upstairs. This is brilliant from Gotch. It drifted down leg, it did clip a piece of his pad, Gotch takes it in the right hand only, he takes the bails off quickly, Hughes reaches back and it's a tight call but the third umpire says the bat is on the line. He says none of the bat is behind it! Out! 102/516.4 Stumped! Gotch brilliant again! This was an excellent leg break, zipping past Abbott's bat as he tried to drive inside out through cover, his back foot slid out and Gotch took it and whipped the bails off in a flash before Abbott could get his foot back 118/618.2 chipped to cover! 120kph. slower ball full, Dwarshuis is sitting back expecting a quicker ball, he pushed the hands at the slower ball and just chipped it in the air to cover, Maddinson cruises in to take the simple catch 126/7Extras14 (b 2, lb 2, w 10)TOTAL142/7 (20 Overs, RR: 7.1)Fall of wickets: 1-47 (James Vince, 6.3 ov), 2-54 (Josh Philippe, 7.3 ov), 3-94 (Moises Henriques, 11.6 ov), 4-98 (Steven Smith, 12.5 ov), 5-102 (Daniel Hughes, 13.4 ov), 6-118 (Sean Abbott, 16.4 ov), 7-126 (Ben Dwarshuis, 18.2 ov)
Bowling O M R W Econ 0s 4s 6s WD NB DJ Worrall 3 0 21 0 7.00 9 3 0 1 0 GJ Maxwell 2 0 13 1 6.50 1 0 0 1 0 Haris Rauf 4 0 29 1 7.25 5 1 0 0 0 NM Coulter-Nile 4 0 22 1 5.50 7 0 0 0 0 A Zampa 4 0 21 3 5.25 8 1 0 0 0 CD Hinchliffe 1 0 14 0 14.00 0 1 0 1 0 MP Stoinis 1 0 9 1 9.00 3 0 1 1 0 NJ Maddinson 1 0 9 0 9.00 0 0 0 1 0
Player of the Match
Player of the Match
- BATSMENRB4s6sSR7.3 caught at short third man! Short outside off, he leans back on a cut and it flies off a top edge, O'Keefe moves to his left to take it 45/42.4 finds mid-on! Massive blow. Full and straight, perhaps a hint of shape in again, Stoinis aims to flick it through the leg side and just sends it for a comfortable take by Henriques 15/13.3 flicked straight to short fine leg! Short of a length on the hip, played it in the air backward of square and O'Keefe - on the edge of the circle - didn't have to move 21/24.2 through him! Hazlewood bursts through Handscomb. Full length, angling into Handscomb, not sure if he misjudged the length but he seemed late on it 26/310.3 caught at long off! Vince juggles and hangs on! Is that the game? Tossed up slower and higher outside off, a tempter, Maxwell is tempted, tries to go inside out over cover, hits it a fraction too straight, Vince is wide at long off, he is backing back, the first bite doesn't stick, it bobbles but he hangs on with one hand on the second bite. He dropped to his knees and just caught it 55/68.6 dragged on! It gets worse for the Stars. A teasing line outside off, he goes for the drive and gets an inside edge into the timber 50/512.5 Bowled him! 141kph, yorker from the top shelf! Third man came up, mid off went back, he planned for the yorker and speared it in to the base of middle at pace and Coulter-Nile simply wasn't good enough to dig it out. The stumps light up. Sixers look like they will host the final 66/715.1 caught by Smith running in from mid on! Back of a length ball outside off, he tried to stand up and loft over long on, he miscues off the top edge and it balloons back towards to bowler but just over his head, Smith charges in and calls Abbott out but he need to dive to take the catch 83/817.5 Worrall run out trying for two! He angled this to third man and took on Hazlewood for two, the big quick fired a superb return over the bails and he was caught well short. 99/917.6 Plumb lbw! That finishes it! A superb slower ball! A brilliant slower ball yorker on that drops on Rauf and pins him on the toe infront of middle. 99/10Extras4 (lb 1, w 3)TOTAL99 all out (18 Overs, RR: 5.5)Fall of wickets: 1-15 (Marcus Stoinis, 2.4 ov), 2-21 (Nick Larkin, 3.3 ov), 3-26 (Peter Handscomb, 4.2 ov), 4-45 (Nic Maddinson, 7.3 ov), 5-50 (Seb Gotch, 8.6 ov), 6-55 (Glenn Maxwell, 10.3 ov), 7-66 (Nathan Coulter-Nile, 12.5 ov), 8-83 (Adam Zampa, 15.1 ov), 9-99 (Daniel Worrall, 17.5 ov), 10-99 (Haris Rauf, 17.6 ov)
Bowling O M R W Econ 0s 4s 6s WD NB JR Hazlewood 3 0 14 2 4.66 10 1 0 0 0 NM Lyon 4 0 22 1 5.50 8 2 0 0 0 BJ Dwarshuis 3 0 17 1 5.66 10 2 0 2 0 SA Abbott 4 0 23 3 5.75 9 2 0 0 0 SNJ O'Keefe 4 0 22 2 5.50 8 1 0 1 0
Match Details
Series
Toss
Melbourne Stars , elected to field first
Player Of The Match
Series result
Sydney Sixers advanced
Season
Hours of play (local time)
19.15 start, First Session 19.15-20.45, Interval 20.45-21.05, Second Session 21.05-22.35
Match days
31 January 2020 (20-over match)
TV Umpires
Reserve Umpire
Match Referee
Match Notes
- Powerplay 1: Overs 0.1 - 6.0 (Mandatory - 46 runs, 0 wicket)
- Sydney Sixers: 50 runs in 6.5 overs (41 balls), Extras 3
- Strategic Timeout: Sydney Sixers - 99/4 in 13.0 overs (DP Hughes 2, JC Silk 1)
- Sydney Sixers: 100 runs in 13.1 overs (79 balls), Extras 10
- Innings Break: Sydney Sixers - 142/7 in 20.0 overs (JC Silk 25, SNJ O'Keefe 5)
- Powerplay 1: Overs 0.1 - 6.0 (Mandatory - 37 runs, 3 wickets)
- Strategic Timeout: Melbourne Stars - 46/4 in 8.0 overs (GJ Maxwell 13, SE Gotch 1)
- Melbourne Stars: 50 runs in 8.5 overs (53 balls), Extras 3
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